Prachanda's Shiva Sena

Prachanda in his freshest interview has said that he does not want to be president but he does want to fundamentally transform Nepal. I wonder if Thackeray of Mumbai is his role model. Thackeray never held any office, but nobody confused that for his lack of interest in power.

In the course of watching Prachanda in action I have been consistently impressed with the guy's knack for the intricacies of power. He has a sure feel for it. He is adept at it. He could be running a fast growing dot com company with ease.

So you are looking at perhaps Badal as president and Matrika Yadav as vice president, or perhaps Hisila Yami as vice president. There are a few other combinations also possible. Of all the big parties in Nepal today, it is the Maoists that are the most likely to manage a fair representation of women and ethnics in power, and the UML the least likely. Bahunbaad is too prevalent in the top echelons of the UML.

Prachanda is about to get 10,000 of the ablest members of the Maoist army out of that army for election purposes. Look at the speed of the execution of the decision. And Girija can not even unify the two Congress factions that are clamoring to unify. Or perhaps he is waiting for the interim parliament to be formed so that the unified Congress is 110 plus strong while the Maoists are only 70 plus strong.

You can not say the Maoists should become a nonviolent party within a multi-party framework, and then complain that they are managing to grow within that nonviolent framework a little too well. I am not complaining. It is just that I am a little amazed at the lethargy of the Congress.

Make no mistake Prachanda wants his party to emerge the largest in the constituent assembly, and has already started work. He wants someone from his party to emerge Nepal's first president. You can not begrudge him his competitive streak. When political parties compete through fair means, the people benefit.

How To Deal With Prachanda

The first thing is history. The guy cares about his place in history more than anything else. He uses the word "historic" at the end of most of his important meetings.

The second thing you have to respect the fact that he is a Marxist. You have to appeal to the aspect of him that feels he is responsible for growing Marxist thought for contemporary realities. He does not feel like he capitulated and accepted a multi-party framework. He has to feel like he grew the Marxist thought itself to work within a multi-party framework.

The third thing is the guy is a soccer player. He is adept at group dynamics. He knows the game. He can get carried away by techniques regardless of ideology. He is so hooked. He really enjoys his job. He relishes power.

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If Congress Does Not Go For Republic, Left Front Will Win

If Girija Koirala insists on staying on as Prime Minister and party president, if he keeps refusing to do the concrete homework that is required for party unification, and if he keeps uttering his commitment to a ceremonial monarchy, the Maoists are going to emerge the largest party in the constituent assembly.

The Maoists are the most likely to come up with a 50-50, 30-30-30-10 formula for the interim parliament and government, as in they will send a whole bunch of women and ethnics into power. That will give them a sure edge.

The Maoists have a clear map for federalism. The seven parties don't. That gives the Maoists a huge edge.

Unless the two Congress factions unite around the slogan of a federal republic, and somebody in the second generation takes over, the Congress will be in a sorry shape in the constituent assembly.

And they need a map. What kind of federalism are they proposing?

All the left parties put together are going to have the simple majority they need to declare the country a republic.

Right now the Congress looks like a party in decline.

Many of the seven parties come across as singularly immune to new ideas. That applies to the Congress as well to the Sadbhavana.

The Maoists right now have wind behind their backs.

Girija seems to want to take the party down with him.

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